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Sep 1, 2018 · Football often is compared to war by the overly-dramatic. Rocky Bleier knows the difference. A 16th-round draft choice by the Steelers in 1968 as a halfback out of Notre Dame, Bleier also was drafted by the U.S. Army in 1969. Eventually shipped overseas, Bleier was wounded in combat during the Vietnam War.
Football often is compared to war by the overly-dramatic. Rocky Bleier knows the difference. A 16th-round draft choice by the Steelers in 1968 as a halfback out of Notre Dame, Bleier also was drafted by the U.S. Army in 1969. Eventually shipped overseas, Bleier was wounded in combat during the Vietnam War.
Watch on. On Friday night before Notre Dame’s 1969 game against USC, former Irish running back Rocky Bleier (’68) spoke at the pep rally, following his return from serving in the Vietnam War. Wounded in action, doctors told Bleier he would not play football again, but the Appleton, Wis. native persevered and went on to become a four-time ...
Sep 15, 2015 · Bleier's story an inspiration to his teammates. Sep 15, 2015 at 07:54 AM. It's a story worth telling, and one that only Rocky Bleier can do with justice. Bleier, the hero who returned from the Vietnam War to go on to be a four-time Super Bowl champion, will perform his one man show in "The Play" at Heinz Hall on Tuesday night.
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Nov 10, 2009 · On Aug. 20, 1969, two days after the conclusion of the Woodstock Festival in Bethel, N.Y. -- a gathering billed as "3 Days of Peace & Music" -- Rocky Bleier was on patrol in Heip Duc, Vietnam ...
Aug 18, 2019 · Rocky Bleier thought he made peace with what happened in a rice paddy in Vietnam on Aug. 20, 1969. What the former Pittsburgh Steelers running back didn’t have though was closure until a trip ...
